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Portsmouth City Council

…. } Building management systems and enhanced equipment controls. } Solar power and solar battery storage systems. } Replacement LED lighting in buildings, floodlights at Portsmouth International Port, and 15,000 streetlights. } Existing heating systems replaced with more efficient ones. } Installing motion sensors on lighting. } Seawater flushing toilets, seawater heat transfer pumps and roof…

… “carbon” is often used, but it is a collective term for seven GHGs. Each of the GHGs have varying abilities to trap heat in our atmosphere. They are all converted to a single measure called “carbon dioxide equivalent” (CO2e). Carbon scopes The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol1 is the current best- practice guidance for developing a carbon inventory. The carbon inventory is a backward look…

… } Facilities and building fuel combustion } Vehicle fuel combustion } Fugitive gasses SCOPE 2 Indirect emissions From: energy purchase } Purchased electricity } Purchased steam } Purchased heating } Purchased cooling SCOPE 3 All other indirect emissions From: third parties } Upstream activities such as purchased goods and services } Downstream activities such as third-party waste treatment…

…: } Summers will be warmer and drier, meaning an increased chance of drought, wildfires, and heat stress, particularly to those who are more exposed, such as outdoor workers, or community members who are more vulnerable such as older people and babies, and those with underlying health conditions 5. } Winters will be warmer and wetter, meaning an increased frequency and severity of flooding…

… and biodiversity, which can then cause further economic and social impacts (“Figure 2 Possible direct and indirect impacts of climate change”). At times, there may be some indirect benefits such as reduced risk of health impacts from colder winters and reduced heating need in winter. Figure 2 Possible direct and indirect impacts of climate change Direct Human Impacts } Physical injuries. } Mental…